Innovation Enablement Manager

About the Firm

McDermott Will & Emery is a leading global law firm with more than 1,700 lawyers and 1,400 business professionals. We celebrate excellence, collaboration, and community and have been recognized as a top workplace by USA Today, Fortune, The American Lawyer, Vault, and others. We are also certified by Great Place to Work. At McDermott, we invest in your future and accelerate your career, supporting you both in and outside of the office.

• A firm where everyone belongs: Our award-winning culture prioritizes warmth and authenticity—we encourage you to be yourself.
• Enthusiasm for all perspectives: We welcome unique viewpoints and ideas, ensuring everyone has a voice and a seat at the table.
• Support to feel your best and do your best: Our benefits program supports your physical, emotional, mental, and financial health, with an emphasis on work-life balance.
• Real rewards for real work: We offer generous compensation packages that recognize hard work and excellence.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies that advance firm innovation priorities, including new and existing technologies, AI-enabled solutions, and organizational transformation initiatives.
• Translate strategic objectives into actionable plans, roadmaps, engagement approaches, implementation strategies, and success measures.
• Coordinate cross-functional efforts across firm teams and stakeholders to support alignment, successful delivery, and measurable outcomes.
• Establish consistent frameworks and best practices that enable effective execution, scalability, and continuous improvement across innovation initiatives.
• Develop and support adoption, communications, and engagement strategies that enable successful implementation and sustained use of new technologies and AI solutions across the Firm.
• Create messaging, engagement materials, and enablement resources, including presentations, newsletters, FAQs, digital guides, and best practices.
• Design and coordinate scalable learning experiences, including training programs, workshops, webinars, and showcases across practice groups, offices, and geographies.
• Identify and cultivate a network of change champions across practice groups and offices to extend adoption efforts and surface ground-level feedback.
• Analyze adoption trends, user sentiment, and engagement data to identify insights and inform recommendations, communications strategies, and future initiatives.
• Track and report on adoption, engagement, and satisfaction metrics, presenting findings and recommendations to Innovation leadership.
• Occasional travel required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• At least eight (8) years of related work experience.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Creative thinker with background knowledge of innovation, change, and project management protocols advantageous.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneDrive, and SharePoint).
• Advanced knowledge of eLearning software, including video creation and online training tools.
• Advanced knowledge of desktop productivity and document management software.
• Experience with macOS preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Strong motivational, presentation, and people skills.
• Strong relationship-building capabilities.
• Ability to prioritize and work effectively in a fast-paced and changing environment.
• Ability to work flexible and/or fluctuating work hours.
• Ability to work independently and under own direction and initiative.
• Ability to learn new concepts and skills quickly.
• Experience analyzing user adoption, engagement, or satisfaction data to inform recommendations.
• Familiarity with legal industry innovation, technology, or AI-enabled solutions preferred.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities.

• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit, use hands, reach with hands and arms, stoop, talk, and hear. The employee must occasionally lift up to twenty (20) pounds.
• Work Environment: Typical indoor office environment.